Kim Deitch: A Retrospective

Exhibition dates: September 9 - December 5, 2008
Kim Deitch Q & A with curator Bill Kartalopoulos: November 13, 7 pm - Admission Free

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA - is pleased to announce a major retrospective of work by underground cartoonist and graphic novelist Kim Deitch (b. 1944), opening September 12th and running through December 5th, 2008.

Kim Deitch: A Retrospective will display original comics pages and other work covering the artist's entire career to date, beginning with full-page comic strips drawn for the East Village Other in 1967 up to recent graphic novels including The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Alias the Cat, Shadowland, and Deitch's Pictorama. The exhibit will also feature rarely seen work including elaborate preparatory drawings, hand-colored originals, animation cel set-ups and lithographs.

Kim Deitch Q & A with curator Bill Kartalopoulos: November 13, 7 pm
A Q & A session with Deitch and exhibit curator Bill Kartalopoulos. In a unique and wide-ranging conversation, the two will discuss Deitch’s work and career to date. Deitch will present examples of recent work and will also preview images from his current works in progress.